Historical place profile
Cunetio
Cunetio was a Roman town located on the River Kennet adjacent to the modern town of Mildenhall, Wiltshire. It was occupied from the second century to the early fifth century A.D. Its fortification wall seems to have been built in late third to earth fourth century. The archaeological site was first identified in 1940 via aerial photography.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:79409
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:79409
- Place type
- fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 51.423639, -1.689761
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Cunetio was a Roman town located on the River Kennet adjacent to the modern town of Mildenhall, Wiltshire. It was occupied from the second century to the early fifth century A.D. Its fortification wall seems to have been built in late third to earth fourth century. The archaeological site was first identified in 1940 via aerial photography.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 F3 Cunetio
Source and reuse
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Research path
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